California, Oregon Customers Get Break From Number Aging Rule

The FCC Wireline Bureau is giving customers in California and Oregon a break through June 22 by not reassigning discontinued phone numbers after 90 days under the “aging” rule. “Customers who have been displaced by the wildfires … may want to discontinue their service temporarily and reinstate it" later, said an order in Wednesday’s Daily Digest: Due to “the catastrophic nature of the damage to telecommunications systems in California and Oregon, we expect that in many cases these customers may seek to reinstate their service after the 90-day period."